Mercury retrograde 2000

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.3% of 2000. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

22 days · retreats 14.4°

21 February → 14 March 2000 in Pisces

Stations retrograde 21 Feb 2000, 12:46 UTC at 17.18° Pisces
Stations direct 14 Mar 2000, 20:32 UTC at 2.78° Pisces
Shadow opens 7 Feb 2000 (15 days before)
Shadow closes 3 Apr 2000 (20 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Pisces, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 9.58°

23 June → 17 July 2000 in Cancer

Stations retrograde 23 Jun 2000, 08:35 UTC at 19.96° Cancer
Stations direct 17 Jul 2000, 13:06 UTC at 10.38° Cancer
Shadow opens 7 Jun 2000 (16 days before)
Shadow closes 31 Jul 2000 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 55 days

Read against Cancer, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

21 days · retreats 15.86°

18 October → 8 November 2000 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 18 Oct 2000, 13:35 UTC at 15.8° Scorpio
Stations direct 8 Nov 2000, 02:21 UTC at 29.94° Libra
Shadow opens 28 Sep 2000 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 24 Nov 2000 (16 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Scorpio, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 2000

Previous

1999 Ended 25 November 1999 after 20 days, moving back 16.11° through the zodiac.

Next

2001 Begins 4 February 2001 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 2000

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

← 1999 Mercury retrograde in 1999. All Mercury retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2001 → Mercury retrograde in 2001.